Marco Esposito

Marco Esposito

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Marco Esposito

Principal, Sausalito

“I’m driven by a sense that most of what is built in the world these days doesn’t add up to much. We live in a time of unusual wealth, which unfortunately seldom translates into civic drama or beauty.”

Marco Esposito is a landscape architect and urban designer with over 30 years of experience, focused on creating walkable cities and neighborhoods that are bold in form, complex in use, and well-used by residents and non-residents alike. Marco’s passion and enthusiasm—as well as his skill in creating striking, well-used, award-winning places on complex sites—stems from a lifelong love of cities and neighborhoods, fostered by world travels that have shown him the full range of what is possible. Recent built projects include Global Plaza, the social heart of the Rochester Institute of Technology; Waterway Park and flanking retail promenades and neighborhoods for Raycom City, Hefei; and the Nordic Events stadia and trails for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. Project currently under construction or on the boards include the Civic Center Commons for Elk Grove, the South Quad for Cañada College, and the Library & Arts Center for Yorba Linda.

INSPIRED BY

Streets and buildings juxtaposed with natural beauty – the pattern of these elements determine much of the power of a place; the sheer beauty and excitement of San Francisco, Vancouver, and the Riviera, as well as smaller gems like Lugano and Amalfi; Hong Kong, where the man-made vertical sculpture of Manhattan collides with the tropical beauty of Hawaii.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture with High Honors, University of California, Berkeley (1984)